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Friday, May 4, 2012

mul-tex

As a member of the Creative Troupe at C+T Publishing I have the opportunity to participate in their "Call-Outs" where they offer products to work with. Last summer I received an email from them that said, "We are working on a brand new surface for art,
craft, and sewing–and we are looking for your creative ideas for how to
use it! This special paper we want you to try is very
cool...it's sort of like a white mulberry tissue with a plastic laminate on one
side. One side has a light fiber texture, the other side is super slick. It's
opaque but lightweight, plus it's water-resistant and tear'resistant. It's
ready for painting, stamping, melting, stitching, dyeing...so many different
things you can do with it! Important: You will NOT be able to chat about this product or
what you make with it publicly or online until later this year, when we tell
you it's okay"
I went ahead and signed up, got in (these calls are limited as far as the number of participants) and was sent a fiber sheet that did not even have a name yet! Now, many months later, it does and I can share my work: mul-tex. I played with it and created these 2 journal covers . . . here's a step-by-step of what I did to get there. I started by trying watercolor crayons on the mulberry fiber side . . .

Seeing the photos again, I remember the second notebook was made out of pages I had cut out of an art journal I was working on, to make it less bulky. See the washi tape in the middle? That is how I put the pages together. Then I cut another section of my decorated mul-tex and sewed it directly to the pages to make a brilliant cover!

It is fun stuff! You can read all about the Creative Troupe and mul-tex

Today, Steven and I are heading off in a couple of hours to travel 3 hours north to Cedar Key! It is the annual small boat meet filled with all kinds of interesting and beautiful small traditional hand crafted boats. I will get the best of both worlds -being with steven and his boat friends but also being able to hang out at a lovely bed and breakfast and maybe do some art, read, take in the Cedar Key museum -I'm looking forward to it very much. I will be back with photos I'm sure as it is a beautiful place and the boats sail to an island tomorrow and sunday! Take care till then . . .

It doesn't matter if you're a late bloomer as long as you don't miss the flower show. ~ Jane Fonda

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I'm a creative artist working in mixed-media who lives in Florida with my husband Steve and our dog Chloe, cats Lightning & Luna... I love to create, to share & inspire. I also enjoy dancing, taking photographs, working in my art journals, creating small collage & mail art, really doing anything creative! We are fortunate to live on the Braden River, traveling by boat quite a lot.

I've been published in books, magazines and hosted many art exchanges or swaps. View the past swap art I've hosted & learn about any new swaps on the creativeswaps blog.

My website has been online since 1995 with many thanks to my son Decklin! When he was just 14 years old he coded a website for me, amazing. About 20 years later I built a brand new site for myself with Squarespace. It's a work in progress, but I'm very proud of what I've managed to do! ❤ Go here to view it: creative lenna website

Between 2006-2015, I wrote and shared over 1000 entries on creativelenna blogspot. I do not add posts to this blog anymore because I've created my own personal blog as part of the creative lenna website. But, the original blog remains online as an archive. The current blog is found on my new website. ❤

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